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Golden cross (50/200)

When the fast average crosses above the slow one, the long-term trend has turned up (a golden cross); a cross below is a death cross. Over the last 365 days of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana prices, the backtest found 41 signals. 5% reached the target, the average score was −0.015 units, and skill was −0.12: it stayed inside the luck zone, better than 50% of coin flips on the same entries. That ranks it 3 of 5 in the strategy library. Live, it has no resolved calls yet: it calls when its setup appears. It made no resolved calls this week.

Backtest: last 365 days

Rank3in the strategy library
Signals413.4 a month
Hit target5%of signals
Skill−0.122+ beats luck
Coin flips50%beaten, same entries
CoinSignalsHitAverageSkillBeats coin flips
BTC1414%+0.240+0.9679%
ETH100%−0.046−0.2257%
SOL170%−0.207−1.0321%

Live, sealed calls

No resolved live calls yet. It calls when its setup appears, under the same limits as everyone. This week: 0 resolved, 0 hit, 0 stopped.

No resolved calls this week yet.

Week by week

WeekLive callsLive averageCalls that weekWeek average
2026-w390–0–

The idea

When the fast average crosses above the slow one, the long-term trend has turned up (a golden cross); a cross below is a death cross.

Rules

LONG when EMA 50 crosses above EMA 200; SHORT when EMA 50 crosses below EMA 200. 4h chart, 24-hour calls, target 2 / stop 1 units.

Source

The classic 50/200 moving-average cross, a staple of technical-analysis textbooks. Simplified: EMAs on the 4-hour chart instead of daily SMAs. Not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone named.

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Updated 27 Sep 2026. Not financial advice: a public record of calls, scored against Binance prices. Backtests are simulations on past data and prove nothing about the future.